Mop-wringer.



J. SANTIN.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1908.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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MOP WRINGER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 1, 190B.

912,033. Patented Feb.9,19o9.

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JAMES SANTIN, OF EL RENO, OKLAHOMA.

MOP-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Application filed May 1, 1908. Serial No. 430,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES SANTIN, a citizen of the United States, and aresidentof El Reno, in the county of Canadian and State of Oklahoma,have invented a new and Improved Mop-lVringer, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to mop wringers, and more particularly to adevice of this kind, which comprises a platform for holding a pail orother receptacle, and adapted to be pushed or otherwise moved along upona floor, rollers movably carried by said platform and serving to wringout a mop, washra-g or the like, and means for simultaneously operatingthe rollers and holding the platform against casual movement upon thefloor, while the mop is being wrung out.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and durablemop wringer which is adapted to carry a pail or other receptacle forwater or the like, by means of which a mop or similar device can bethoroughly wrung out and freed from adhering water, and which isoperable by the pressure of the foot upon a suitable footboard.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed having rollers adapted to wring out a mop, and which arenormally inoperatively disposed, together with means for approaching therollers over a pail or receptacle carried by the device, and means forautomatically returning the rollers to their separated and inoperativepositions.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and more particularly set forth inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the preferred form of my mop wringer; Fig. 2 isa transverse section of the preferred form showing a receptacle such asa pail, in position thereupon, and the means for operating the wringingmembers or rollers; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device showingparts broken away; Fig. at is an end elevation of a modified form of mymop wringer showing parts broken away; Fig. 5 is a side elevationshowing the wringing means of the modified form and having parts brokenaway and parts in section; Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a detail; andFig. 7 is a perspective view of a further detail.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, inwhich the preferred form of my invention is illustrated, I provide abase 10 consisting of side rails 11 carrying a floor or platform 12thereupon. The rails 11 are movably carried upon the rollers or casters13 which permit the device to be easily rolled or pushed along upon afloor or the ground. The platform 12 does not extend the entire lengthof the rails, and at the projecting ends, the latter have upwardlydisposed brackets or supports 14 consisting preferably, of separatedplates 15 secured by means of screws, rivets or the like, at the ends ofthe rails. Bars 16 are arranged longitudinally of the rails 11 and eachhas an end pivotally mounted by means of a pin 17, between the plates 15of one of the supports 111. A foot-board 1S is arranged upon the bars 16and is supported by the latter. A second board 13'F1 is carried by thebars 16, underneath the foot-board 13. A preferably helical spring 19 ispositioned upon the platform 12, underneath the board 1S2L and engagesthe same to hold the bars 16 in a normally elevated position. Elongatedmembers 2O are secured to the bars 16 by means of screws or in any otherconvenient manner and extend beyond the free ends of the bars. At theopposite ends, the members 2O have downwardly disposed portions 21having the ends bent to form feet 22 which project below the rails 11and are adapted to engage the floor or the ground when the foot-board isdepressed, thereby raising the rollers 13 at one end o-f the base, fromthe floor, to prevent casual movement of the device. Guides 23 throughwhich the downwardly disposed parts 21 can move freely are carried bythe rails 11.

At the end of the platform 12 remote from the foot-board 18 are fourdouble brackets 24 of inverted U-shape. Each of the brackets is formedfrom an annular strip of material bent upon itself, as appears mostclearly in Fig. 1. The brackets may be fastened in any convenient mannerupon the platform and are arranged at the four sides of a rectangle.r1`he arrangement is such that a pail or other receptacle 25 can bepositioned between the opposite brackets upon the platform. Preferably Iemploy a pail of angular section though it will be understood that areceptacle of any other form adapted to the purpose, can be employed.The pail is of course, removable, and serves to contain water or soapsuds with which the mop or other article is moistened.

Between the sides of each of the brackets 24 are pivoted arms 26. 'Iheopposite arms carry therebetween, wringing rollers 27. The arms of twoopposite brackets are longer than the arms of the other brackets, sothat one pair of rollers is higher than the other pair and can beapproached and separated above the same. This arrangement permits allthe rollers to be simultaneously operated, as will appear more clearlyhereinafter', without interfering with each other. The arms of each ofthe brackets are connected by double toggles 28, the members of whichhave a pivotal connection 28a and further, each has a pivotal connection28h with an arm. A block 29 is arranged between the toggles of eachbracket at adjacent ends of the toggle members. The projecting ends ofthe elongated members`20 are secured to the toggles of the side bracketsand control the same. As the arms 26 are pivoted between the sides ofthe brackets, the latter serve to guide the arms when these areoperated.

At the inside, the toggles of all the brackets are operatively connectedby means of an angular, preferably rectangular, frame 30. A yoke 31,having at the extremities offset fingers 32 which are disposed towardeach other and serve to engage the proj ecting ends of the elongatedmembers 20, extends from the lateral brackets at the outside thereof, tothe outside of the end bracket and is there operatively connected to thetoggle of the end bracket by a pivotal connection 31a. Near the ends,the yoke 31 is secured to the lateral toggles by the pivotal connections28a. At the end of each of the bars 16 is a second elongated member 33extending toward one of the side brackets and operatively connected atthe inside to the toggle of the side bracket. A yoke 34 formed by anextension of the frame 8O extends from the inside of each of the sidebrackets to the end bracket adjacent to the foot-board 18 and is thereoperatively connected with the toggle of this last-mentioned bracket. Itwill be understood that by means of the elongated members, the frame andthe yokes, the toggles are all constrained to operate together and arecontrolled by the bars 16. The latter are operated by depressing thefoot-board 18 by the foot or in any other convenient manner, and whenthe bars are depressed the toggles are all extended to swing the armstogether and thereby to approach the rollers. The latter consist ofopposite pairs which are at substantially right angles with each other,and when a mop is positioned between the rollers and the latter areapproached, a highly efiicient wringing action can be effected, when themop is withdrawn from between the rollers. These are of course rotatablymounted to permit the mop to be withdrawn easily, notwithstanding thepressure which is applied thereto by means of the rollers. It will beunderstood that the spring 19 operates to maintain the foot-board andthe bars 16 in a normally elevated position such that the oppositerollers 27 are separated and a mop or the like can be inserted into thepail 25 located between and under the rollers. When it is desired towring out the mop, the foot-board is depressed and the rollers arethereby approached; the mop is then withdrawn from the rollers, and theWater is thereby expressed from the mop.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 I providebut two brackets 24, one at each side of the platform. At the end -ofthe platform is a wall 35 yadjacent to which the receptacle 25 ispositioned. The latter has cross brackets 36 adjustably mounted upon therim by means of end recesses 36a formed to fit slidably upon the rim andprovided with upwardly extending ears 37 between which are pivotallymounted rollers 38. The latter are arranged transversely of the rollers27 and can be positioned any desired distance apart. The wall 35 hasnotches 39 formed to receive the sides of an offset bracket 40 carriedby the pail and serving to hold the pail securely in position. The wallhas a clip 41 fashioned from wire or other suitable material bent into aform adapted for the purpose and serving to be engaged by the mop handleor other article so that the wringer can be drawn from place to place bythe operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a platform for holding apail and having supporting rollers, wringing means carried by saidplatform, means for operating said wringing means, and means controlledby said operating means for raising one end of said platform from theioor to hold said platform against casual movement.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a platform for holding apail and having supporting rollers, wringing means carried by saidplatform, means for operating said wringing means, and memberscontrolled by said operating means and arranged to be forced against thefloor partly to raise said platform to disengage certain of said rollersfrom the floor when said operating means are actuated.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a platform adapted tocarry a pail, pairs of parallel wringing members, said pairs being at anangle with each other, and means for simultaneously operating saidmembers to separate and approach said members of each pair.

Ll. A device of the class described, comprising a platform adapted tocarry a pail, pairs of wringing rollers arranged at an angle with eachother, said rollers of each pair being normallyT separated, one of saidpairs being arranged above the other, means for simultaneouslyapproaching said rollers of each pair, and means for automaticallyreturning said rollers to their normal positions.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a plurality of pairs ofpivoted arms, rollers mounted between arms of opposite pairs, togglesoperatively connecting the arms of each pair, a movable membercontrolling all of said toggles and operable to extend the same wherebysaid rollers are approached, and means for holding said member in anormal position such that said rollers are separated.

G. A device of the class described, comprising a platform having doublebrackets arranged thereupon so that a pail can be positioned betweensaid brackets, a pair of a rms pivotally mounted between the sides ofeach of said brackets, a toggle operatively connecting said arms of eachof said brackets, rollers carried by said arms of opposite brackets, afoot-board, elongated members rigid with said foot-board, means foroperatively connecting all of said toggles, said elongated memberscontrolling said means, means for holding said foot-board in a normalelevated position whereby said opposite rollers are normally separated,and means controlled by said foot-board for raising said platform at oneend when said footboard is depressed to hold said platform againstcasual movement.

7. A device of the class described, comprising a platform adapted tocarry a pail and to be moved upon a floor, pairs of parallel wringingmembers, said pairs being at an angle with each other, and means forsimultaneously operating said wringing members and holding said platformagainst casual movement.

S. A device of the class described, comprising a platform adapted tocarry a pail and to be moved upon a floor, pairs of wringing rollersarranged at an angle with each other, said rollers of each pair beingnormally separated, one of said pairs being arranged above the other,means for simultaneously approaching said rollers of each pair, meansfor automatically returning said rollers to their normal positions, andmembers controlled by said means for approaching said rollers, saidmembers being arranged to be forced against a floor to raise a part ofsaid platform from the floor.

9. A device of the class described, comprising a platform adapted tohold a pail and to be moved upon a floor, a plurality of pairs ofpivoted arms, rollers mounted between arms of opposite pairs, togglesoperatively connecting the arms of each pair, a movable membercontrolling all of said toggles and opera-ble to extend the same where--by said rollers are approached, means for holding said member in anormal position such that said rollers are separated, and meanscontrolled by said member and serving to hold said platform againstcasual movement when said member is operated.

l0. A device of the class described, comprising a platform adapted tocarry a pail and to be moved upon a floor, brackets mounted upon saidplatform, a pair of arms pivotally carried by each of said brackets, atoggle operatively connecting said arms of each of said brackets,members operatively connecting all of said toggles, rollers carried bysaid armsv of opposite brackets, a movable foot-board controlling saidtoggles, means for holding said foot-board in a normal position, andmembers controlled by said footboard and adapted to engage the Hoor toraise said platform at one end, said platform having supporting rollers.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES SANTIN.

Witnesses R. N. VHITTLESEY, P. J. KELLY.

